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As Member of Parliament for Pointe a Pierre, the constituency in which the multimillion-dollar Phoenix Park project is being constructed, I am calling on the Government to tell us how many jobs have been provided for our constituents on this project given the significant...

Minister Stuart Young’s juvenile and childish response confirms both his incompetence, dangerousness and why this Motion of No-Confidence brought by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is absolutely needed. Stuart Young has been inflicted on the citizens of this country at a...

The media report in the Guardian Newspaper dated 13th January 2021, highlighting the unfortunate death of a patient at the Port of Spain General Hospital after contracting COVID-19 while at hospital is a serious cause for concern. The Guardian reports that “that the elderly...

Leader of the Opposition, the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP, has filed a motion of no confidence in the Minister of National Security, Stuart Young. Mr. Young’s failure to faithfully discharge his duties to the people of this nation as their Minister of National...

The warehouses of major private sector businesses in the Caroni East electoral constituency were destroyed by fire this week, and I urge the authorities to assist the owners in resuming operations. The businesses are Alisha Marketing Limited and Roomlocks Electrical Limited,...

We in the Opposition are calling on the Prime Minister and the Minister of Energy to resolve the deep concerns raised by the operators within the Point Lisas Industrial Estate regarding the supply of gas to such operators and the wider national industry. I take very seriously the...

The inaccurate, inflammatory, and wholly outrageous comments made by Ms. Natalee Legore, that the UNC asking for a recount in the 2020 General Elections can be compared to the current political situation in the USA is atrocious. Her comments are wrong and biased. As a national...

The Member of Parliament for Tabaquite, Ms. Anita Haynes, has noted with concern that the Methanex Corporation’s Point Lisas-based Titan methanol plant “will remain idled indefinitely”. Haynes asserted, “When operations were first halted in March 2020, employees were hopeful that...

The UNC’s forceful call for Natalee Legore to apologise for her baseless, inappropriate and offensive remarks has provoked a flurry of senseless, distracting statements from official organs of the People’s National Movement, which is quite revealing. A nexus between the PNM and...

The UNC condemns in the strongest possible terms the baseless, inappropriate and offensive remarks by Natalee Legore on CNC3’s Morning Brew Programme, that the UNC’s Leadership tried to encourage chaos as seen in the US capital yesterday. The UNC has always stood for...

The National Executive of the United National Congress has appointed Mr Peter Kanhai as the party’s new General Secretary and Dr Kirk Meighoo as Public Relations Officer. Political Leader of the United National Congress, the Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP, announced the...

The year 2020 will undoubtedly remain in our memories for a lifetime. As we reflect on the past 12 months, we note the many challenges we faced and our response to those challenges. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had severe impacts on our daily lives, ranging from job loses,...